Predator 212 Go Kart Kill Switch Installation

Today I describe how to install a kill switch on a predator 212. This will work for almost every small engine that is pull start. Thanks for watching and don't forget to like, comment and subscribe.
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[@seancoppinger1569]

Just traded a kayak for a Doodle minibike with a brand new 6.5 Predator that needed the kill switch connected. My 11-year old boy and I watch your vids together to learn and we really appreciate these quick informative videos.

[@RedBeardsGarage]

No problem man. I glad I could be of help

[@bigriggc5828]

@@RedBeardsGarage So if you don't ground it to the engine, can you just attach the ground to a point on the frame?

[@kippiwood4814]

Man I'm 14 with my gokart and I learned a lot off this video make more off stuff like this

[@lesjones4432]

Perfect! I was just wondering how to do this - seems pretty simple.

[@Cjz_backup]

Looking for about hr and everyone els had this stupid 30 min intro and other bull shit and then found this LOL seemed much netter

[@fernandocastillo8026]

Where do you buy the kill switch the ones on Amazon don’t have the ground only the bullet

[@PaulieDetmurds]

This video answered the question for me! Thank You Sir! Good stuff, keep it up!

[@-DIYPRO-]

Simple and easy. I had been making it a lot more complicated than it is. Just hooked mine up using your way in about 2 mins!

[@Ale-wp7od]

Same he explained it easier 😂😅

[@zerbe027]

RBG I think I binged watched majority of your videos this afternoon. Thanks for all the help brother! Just bought myself a Go Kart yesterday afternoon. It's a Murray looking 2 seater. Got it with a Predator 212cc. Plan on doing a lot of work to it. Your videos backed my confidence. Got yourself a new subscriber. Thanks again!

[@RedBeardsGarage]

+zerbe027 thanks man. The street go kart started life as a Murray go kart so it has potential.

[@shawnnelson6062]

EXACTLY what I needed. Great video. Thank you sir!

[@kartingkid714]

Damn this is old😂😂😂still quality tho

[@noahtaylor9500]

hey can u make a video about how to hook up leds lights on and go kart that doesn't have a battery

[@RedBeardsGarage]

+Noah Taylor I'll see what I can do

[@Michael-mk9ui]

Red Beard's Garage hey just wondering if you got around to this? Looking to do that but not sure how

[@toddlawson3259]

Thank you for your informative videos. Its nice to see someone who knows what their doing, and has mechanical/video skills. Appreciate it. Keep up the great work. -Todd

[@RedBeardsGarage]

+Todd Lawson thanks for the support man

[@madscientist6869]

Awesome thanks bro

[@christyturturice6278]

Hi Red Beard. I’m new to building go karts. This is my first one that was junked and I’m putting it together. I already rebuilt most of the engine because a lot of rusted seized parts. Now that I have everything together before I put in service what kind of oil should I use in my 212cc predator with a stage 1 upgrade and torque converter?

[@gaylanmueller9773]

Thanks Red Beard .always enjoy your video's have had much fun since my minibike purchase.

[@nicholascalero1452]

Can you make a video on how to install an electric start on a predator 212?

[@BigCroca]

this is an old video so i doubt you'll see my comment but what do the charging coils on a predator 212 do? do i need them/are they important?

[@RedBeardsGarage]

They provide charging power for a head light or battery

[@BigCroca]

@@RedBeardsGarage oh thanks! so if i remove them then it wont be a big deal and my engine will still run? i was confused because the magneto fires twice as often as it should. :/

[@glenjohnson798]

Can a Predator 212cc supply 12v for LED light without adding a secondary charging system?

[@Adriel-sl2cc]

I’m trying to figure out how to connect my minibike factory headlight with my predator 212 engine

[@spachuladgaming651]

You actually can't these predators don't have a coil inside to produce power you can buy them online they are behind the flywheel

[@stanlucas665]

I just saw this video. Great info. How about a video on installing a deadman switch. Ya know, just in case the rider falls off.

[@John-sq7uf]

I just purchased my first mini bike. It’s a old Baja doodlebug with a older predator 212 on it like the one in this video. It currently doesn’t work I’m trying to trouble shoot it and thinking of just replacing the carb to make the throttle easier. What kind of aftermarket carbs fit on those older predator engines?

[@dave5237]

The black wire off the start/stop switch BROKE & not sure were it went. Goes through engine( has a heat sleeve on it) Hooked it up to that throttle Philips head screw (nut with hole in it),but know it doesn’t go there? Thanks!

[@michaelmontenegro2251]

Thank you so much for this video. It was helpful and easy and short straight to the point. It's amazing how far your page has come. I'm trying to install it on my yerfdog with a 212cc predator.

[@guitaristinseattle]

Can you recommend better performance spark plugs for the Predator 212? Thanks.

[@Daniel-oh2ui]

Thanks !

[@corneliomhernandez9405]

Awesome channel man. So I have a question: I bought a alphaworks 212cc and I doesn't seem to have a low oil sensor. I can't find nothing online. It's only one ground wire and the other goes to center/top of the engine under the gas tank I'm sure to the coil. I don't see a relay or a wire going to the block.

[@michaelpierce755]

Hey bud you rock im mike from willis tx. Building 2 drift trikes .how do u adjust manuel rear breaks .my only thing left.then kids can ride

[@tarzanmukai808]

Hey Big Red, I just finished watching the video and everything worked out fine utilizing both kill switches🏍 my sons mini bike went from the stock 97cc and upgraded him to the predator 212cc. I still left the governor on it to keep from over revving and maintain the safer speed for now. Love the educational videos keep making them😃👍🏽

[@mibashermibasher2697]

So I want to eliminate the oils sensor on my off road golf cart with out tarring it apart .now can I still do this and cut the wires .but still use the key start .or would I have to pull start it then.i would like to keep the key start if possible and still be Abel to disconnect the oil sensor.sence my golf cart likes to shut off on me after about 30 Min of trailing then I have Waite for everything to cool down before driving again

[@alexanderlloyd2396]

If you don't have a bullet connector, just an old single wire from a kill switch, which wire do you strip and solder it to?

[@timshepherd3389]

Need help wireing up a push start button on a go kart with a predator 212

[@TheJeffw123]

Everything I learned about minibikes has been from you! Keep up the great videos!

[@gabhm4bbw]

Exact same set up as my honda gx120. Wanted to put the kill switch on the dash of the kids go-kart to keep them from learning about hot parts of the engine

[@AngelHernandez-lv7xy]

The kill switch on my coleman ct200u ex isn’t working do you have any suggestions

[@davidjohnson5212]

If I am going to remove the kill switch on my Predator engine completely what size of a rubber plug would I have to get how many millimeters to plug that hole where the switch used to be?

[@1satisfiedmind]

So that's why my off road go kart keeps stalling on my track, thank you!

[@derekhart4572]

Can you hook switch ground to existing ground from the factory switch?

[@DavesCoolCustomBikes]

Love your videos i just installed a electric start but engie won’t kill when in off position 😊

[@kalrideshondas9072]

Can you use the stock Colman kill switch on the predator 212?

[@mcdermottjason]

Late to the show. Where did you put the 2nd ground?

[@danielblakerainwater2923]

Watched your video, and did everything step by step as you did. Keeping the stock kill switch, but also adding a toggle switch. removed the low oil sensor, and used a male bullet connector to connect the toggle kill switch. Now go kart will not start. wondering where I went wrong. the toggle switch has 2 wires. One wire, I attached to the frame with a screw for a ground, the other wire is the one connected with the bullet connector. any ideas?

[@RedBeardsGarage]

The toggle switch needs to be in the off position to run. On would open the circuit and allow the engine to be grounded

[@danielblakerainwater2923]

I tried every possible variation of toggle switch on and off, along with the stock switch on and off. nothing. could it be a bad ground connection on the toggle switch?

[@danielblakerainwater2923]

by the way, I love your videos, and especially love your witness for Christ. i am a youth pastor in OK and appreciate your stand.

[@brendandaunt4240]

Hey just wondering if you can hook up lights to this motor and the motor will run electrics!

[@mikefawc22]

So the wire going into the engine isn’t needed? I have an electric start on mine but it doesn’t work so I took it apart and I’m trying to figure out how to get rid of it and just put a switch on it cause the pull start works great

[@bevinnicholson6791]

Will I be able to keep everything you took off and have a working kill switch

[@adamdeyo5055]

Hey how tight should my chain be on 212 with chain from clutch to axel

[@70NastyLac]

If you leave the switch, do you just leave it in the own position and the toggle will still kill the motor when you turn the toggle to the off position?

[@loufernando7617]

Can you do one on ways your not getting spark i have done a good job cleaning fly wheel and the magneto new spark plug its just not fireing and it does it when i wants to im sure its a faulty wire

[@jamesa6272]

What if I want to keep the oil sensor. Now I have a wire with a male end hanging ha. Seriously though where would that go

[@arrlivingston82]

Is there anyway to get electricity from a preditor engine to Power a horn or Lights??

[@naiahhaian]

Thanks for the video it helped me to get my go kart running today!

[@allenmartin3495]

Can you make a video showing how to apply the drum brake Instead of disc brake on the live axle?

[@RedBeardsGarage]

Yeah the next time I install one I will

[@shawnremel5390]

how do you wire up a turn key ignition ??

[@garettbodel3002]

Nice short and to the point fear until you just run that wire up and then the other wire coming up out of the switch ground that and that's all you need just the one groundout you do that

[@ronniemartin8540]

Great video. Thanks buddy

[@ajoydasaj7009]

Changfa 1100 engine kill switch setting .... I'm 5 times and unsuccessfully setting engine kill switch. Please help me sir.....?

[@VensModz]

You got a link to the kill switch? Can you link it?

[@CalebHawkins2023]

Thanks! Just put a 224 in a coleman ct200u ex.

[@thekingsilverado9004]

This was an awesome straight on YOU TUBE answer my questions video RED BEARD... Y'all still into piratin ships I got a few leads!!!! LoL... Good solid on target info dude really... Fuel loads of Tanks for those answers.

[@jaredzanelli7867]

hey good video, I have a question when you unplug the oil sensor near the kill switch, do you need to remove the oil sensor in the engine as well or only unplug it?

[@RedBeardsGarage]

+Jared Zanelli if you are in the engine then I would remove it but it will not hurt anything to leave it.

[@jaredzanelli7867]

Red Beard's Garage thank you

[@allengrimes9111]

I need help with the head light and kill switch hookups

[@ludwigalvarezhouseofgroove7116]

Awesome, thank you!😊

[@tizbb1962]

Thank you, wanted to do this on a new motor install on a mini bike

[@MrPreacher8770]

really informative thank you

[@kgomotsoselwe4723]

Please make a video on how to wire a brake linght or tail fate light and led light pack

[@CR-rb2sr]

Do all predator 212cc engines come with the kill switch already installed?

[@RedBeardsGarage]

Yes sir they do

[@duaneheadworth6275]

What an excellent video. Thank you.

[@mattstevens8776]

Hi Red Beard, could you post a link to the switch in the video? Or any switch that has the correct connector to plug right into the existing connector on the engine?

[@RedBeardsGarage]

Theres not a switch thats going to just hook up to the existing wire. You will have to put new ends on it

[@MrJohnAultman]

Mystery solved. Thanks!

[@HyperJoe]

Perfect! I just installed a new Predator on a Puma Motor Bike, and was having shut down Issues for no reason. Was wondering what that little Box on the front was for, I knew it had a Sensor for low Oil, now I understand Why the Shut Downs, and I also now know how to connect the Handle Bar Kill Switch. Thank You for the Video! Thumbs Up! :)

[@jonhartsock8292]

Could have used this video a few months ago. Lol Have you every tried to put a F-N-R Tranny box on a go-kart that didn't come with one? My Carter didn't come with one, but it sure would be helpful to have.

[@RedBeardsGarage]

+Jon Hartsock I have been planning on doing a video in a month or so.

[@jonhartsock8292]

That would be awesome RBG! Thanks I can't wait.

[@guitaristinseattle]

I just bolted on a Mikuni carb on my Predator 212. Now the governor linkage is sitting atop the engine. Can I simply remove it? Does doing that disable the governor? I really don't want to open the engine. Thanks!

[@RedBeardsGarage]

I am going to do a video on how to bypass the governor without opening up a block

[@guitaristinseattle]

Great, please post the link here if you don't mind :).

[@diversity2739]

thanks

[@adrianparamoyepiz8287]

What kind of wire do you use for the black wire?

[@streetkillkouvola9142]

otherone is only ground right?

[@jessegonzalez4662]

U should make a hydro

[@michellebutler2682]

Can I hook up white harness with a charging coil?

[@ohyeah7499]

Could we just leave it off and not continue the wire of the switch

[@LNRRidez]

Can you start doing more smaller videos like this. I'm sure you can do about 10 of them in one day and then post them in between the big builds!

[@alonzopennington8419]

Is there a way to wire in a traditional e-stop with NC contacts?

[@JuanHernandez-ge3pk]

Are you Abel to connect lights to the on and off switch

[@TheMapleDaily]

Blessing of a video thank you!

[@JesseBMotors]

I just got my first Predator engine and this was very helpful. I got two go karts for my kids now and really enjoy your channel. I’m new to go karts and they are fun.

[@kadeshrobbins]

What size is the male bullet connector

[@pitbikecookracing3324]

Thanks A ton

[@bobotoole-c7r]

Trying to hook up a remote switch an not get it to work

[@staceystarling15]

Realize this is an old one but still informative, I've been looking around and haven't seen many videos on diagnosing a bad/wiggling connecting rod with too much play.good video would be what to look out for and what is tolerable and what is not.could save someone a block,blown con rod, or worse like personal injury..or just for the knowledge of it.simple things like that can HELP prevent much worse problem$

[@brracing6287]

Man you're video just said me from saleing my kids gocart, it would crank and die, I bypassed the oil switch and and kill switch, it's running like a new one, thanks for the video man,

[@unusedaccount902]

Can you do a video on a kill switch for a Briggs & Stratton engine?

[@eastamericantrains589]

Hotrod769 most of the older ones have a kill wire sticking out the side. Just plug a switch into it and get a ground and you’ll be all set.

[@waynebrown5428]

Thanks. Do you think I should remove the oil sensor on a mini bike?

[@RedBeardsGarage]

+wayne brown yes. I remove it on everything

[@agk2k7]

i was waiting for when will do it practically

[@matthewwiederholt8628]

Hey Red Beard, I'm trying to put together a front end suspension design for my yerf dog, can you help me out with some tips? If it helps, the kart I have apparently was discontinued due to the front wheels having issues with folding up under the kart causing it to flip over.

[@MrPool-no1rh]

Super helpful, appreciate the simple walk through as my 13 year old and I love fabrication and simple tricks are great!! Thanks again !!

[@andrewschneider377]

Awesome video, thanks

[@tonyc.5503]

Great videos! Have you ever hooked a chinese atv wiring harness complete with key, kill switch, push button start, and lights to one of these 212cc? I have a Chinese atv frame and just installed the pred212 with electric start in it and would like to use the existing wiring harness, but having issues. Any help would be greatful. Thanks.

[@zakpanek4013]

what type/size of wire did you use?

[@Ryannolan77]

We're did u get that kill switch

[@NiTecIndustries]

Do you have to remove the spark plug while working with this tutorial?

[@ogbroly2966]

Thank you! Just got a 212cc baja mini bike and didn’t know how to hook it up but now I’ll get it for sure

[@lilc-murder5770]

what kill switch did you use

[@porkchopgaming8480]

Good video! I'm gonna put a killswitch on the handlebar of my minibike! Thanks!

[@bogdansemchishin]

How do you attach a push start/key wires into a 212cc 6.5 HP Engine

[@youssefsasso6694]

I'm going to sound like a complete noob but where would I hook up the ground if I wanna keep the switch on

[@RedBeardsGarage]

+youssef sasso just to any bolt on the engine.

[@vas7675]

What if u cut the one on the bottom